# Phase 4.5: Stabilization

> **Status**: ✅ COMPLETE (All sprints finished)
> **Prerequisites**: Phase 4 (Productization) complete
> **Estimated Duration**: 2-3 weeks

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## Overview

Phase 4.5 addresses critical bugs and technical debt discovered during the Phase 4 closeout deep-dive analysis. These issues **MUST** be resolved before production load and before proceeding to Phase 5.

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## Executive Summary

During Phase 4 closeout, five parallel explore agents conducted independent verification and discovered:

| Category | Issues Found | Severity |
|----------|-------------|----------|
| Critical Bugs | 3 | BLOCKER |
| Exception Handling | 48 broad handlers + 1 type:ignore | HIGH |
| Test Coverage Gaps | <25% in key areas | HIGH |
| Code Quality | Oversized mixins, CLI prints | MEDIUM |

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## Sprint Overview

| Sprint | Name | Size | Priority | Focus |
|--------|------|------|----------|-------|
| 15.1 | Critical Bug Fixes | S | BLOCKER | Race condition, double-stop, datetime mismatch |
| 15.2 | Exception Handling Hardening | M | HIGH | Replace 48 broad exception handlers |
| 15.3 | Test Coverage Gaps | L | HIGH | gRPC mixins, React hooks, frontend components |
| 15.4 | Code Quality & Debt | L | MEDIUM | Mixin refactoring, CLI logging, scalability design |

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## Critical Path

```
Sprint 15.1 (BLOCKER)
    ↓
Sprint 15.2 (HIGH) ←──────────────────┐
    ↓                                  │
Sprint 15.3 (HIGH) ←── Can parallelize │
    ↓                                  │
Sprint 15.4 (MEDIUM) ──────────────────┘
    ↓
Phase 5 (Platform Hardening)
```

**Sprint 15.1 is a strict prerequisite** — the three critical bugs must be fixed before any other stabilization work.

Sprints 15.2, 15.3, and 15.4 can be worked on in parallel by different team members.

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## Sprint 15.1: Critical Bug Fixes (BLOCKER)

**Duration**: 1-2 days
**Owner**: Backend Lead

### Issues Addressed

| Bug | Location | Impact | Fix Effort |
|-----|----------|--------|------------|
| Race condition in stream init | `streaming.py:133-136` | Resource leak, duplicate segments | Low |
| Double StopMeeting unsupported | `meeting.py:48-109` | State errors, duplicate webhooks | Low |
| Datetime mismatch in pruning | `diarization.py:367,382,399` | Memory leak | Low |

### Key Code Changes

1. **Add `asyncio.Lock`** to `_init_stream_for_meeting()`:
   ```python
   async with self._stream_init_lock:
       if meeting_id in self._active_streams:
           await abort_failed_precondition(context, ...)
       self._active_streams.add(meeting_id)
   ```

2. **Add idempotency guard** in `StopMeeting`:
   ```python
   if meeting.state in (MeetingState.STOPPED, MeetingState.STOPPING, MeetingState.COMPLETED):
       return meeting_to_proto(meeting)  # Success, not error
   ```

3. **Replace `datetime.now()`** with `utc_now()` at three locations

### Verification Tests

- `test_concurrent_stream_init_same_meeting_rejected()`
- `test_stop_meeting_idempotent()`
- `test_diarization_job_updated_at_is_timezone_aware()`

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## Sprint 15.2: Exception Handling Hardening

**Duration**: 5-7 days
**Owner**: Backend Team

### Issues Addressed

| Issue | Count | Priority |
|-------|-------|----------|
| Broad `except Exception` handlers | 48 | HIGH |
| `type: ignore` violation | 1 | MEDIUM |
| Missing audio writer exception handling | 1 | MEDIUM |
| No diarization job timeout | 1 | MEDIUM |

### Key Changes

- Replace generic handlers with specific exception types
- Fix `session.py:158` type annotation (`Pipeline | None`)
- Add `asyncio.timeout()` to diarization jobs
- Add proper error handling for audio writer initialization

### Affected Modules

- `infrastructure/persistence/database.py`
- `infrastructure/webhooks/executor.py`
- `infrastructure/summarization/cloud_provider.py`
- `infrastructure/diarization/session.py`
- `grpc/_mixins/streaming.py`
- `grpc/_mixins/diarization.py`
- 20+ other files

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## Sprint 15.3: Test Coverage Gaps

**Duration**: 7-10 days
**Owner**: Full Stack Team

### Coverage Targets

| Area | Current | Target | Tests to Add |
|------|---------|--------|--------------|
| Assertion roulette | 91 | ≤50 | Fix existing |
| gRPC mixin coverage | 22% | 78% | 10 new files |
| React hook coverage | 33% | 80% | 7 new files |
| Frontend components | 9.9% | 22% | 14 new files |

### Priority Test Files to Create

**Backend (gRPC)**:
- `tests/grpc/test_meeting_mixin.py`
- `tests/grpc/test_streaming_race.py`
- `tests/grpc/test_annotation_mixin.py`
- `tests/grpc/test_export_mixin.py`
- `tests/grpc/test_entities_mixin.py`

**Frontend (React)**:
- `client/src/hooks/__tests__/use-diarization.test.ts`
- `client/src/hooks/__tests__/use-audio-devices.test.ts`
- `client/src/components/__tests__/integration-config-panel.test.tsx`
- `client/src/components/__tests__/entity-management-panel.test.tsx`

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## Sprint 15.4: Code Quality & Architectural Debt

**Duration**: 5-7 days
**Owner**: Backend Team

### Issues Addressed

| Issue | Current State | Target |
|-------|---------------|--------|
| Oversized `streaming.py` | 578 lines | Package (<200 lines each) |
| Oversized `diarization.py` | 562 lines | Package (<200 lines each) |
| CLI print statements | 13 locations | Logger + Rich console |
| Scalability design | Undocumented | Design doc for Phase 5 |

### Key Deliverables

1. **`grpc/_mixins/streaming/` package** with:
   - `_mixin.py` (RPC entry points)
   - `_session.py` (session management)
   - `_processing.py` (audio processing)
   - `_cleanup.py` (resource cleanup)

2. **`grpc/_mixins/diarization/` package** with:
   - `_mixin.py` (RPC entry points)
   - `_jobs.py` (job management)
   - `_speaker.py` (speaker operations)

3. **CLI logging migration** using `logging` + `rich`

4. **Scalability design document** for Phase 5 Redis state

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## Quality Gates

All sprints must pass these gates before completion:

| Gate | Command | Threshold |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Python lint | `ruff check src/noteflow` | 0 errors |
| Type checking | `basedpyright` | 0 errors |
| Backend tests | `pytest` | All pass |
| Test quality | `pytest tests/quality/` | All pass |
| Frontend lint | `npm run lint` | 0 errors |
| Frontend tests | `npm run test` | All pass |

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## Risk Assessment

| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
|------|------------|--------|------------|
| Mixin refactoring breaks streaming | Medium | High | Comprehensive integration tests |
| Exception handler changes mask new bugs | Low | High | Gradual rollout, monitoring |
| Test additions slow CI | Medium | Low | Parallelize test runs |

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## Dependencies

### Blocked By

- Phase 4 completion (already done)

### Blocks

- Phase 5 Sprint 15 (Platform Hardening)
- Phase 5 Sprint 18 (Projects v1)
- Production deployment

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## Success Metrics

| Metric | Before | After |
|--------|--------|-------|
| Critical bugs | 3 | 0 |
| Broad exception handlers | 48 | 0 |
| Type ignore violations | 1 | 0 |
| Assertion roulette tests | 91 | ≤50 |
| gRPC mixin test coverage | 22% | ≥78% |
| Files exceeding 500 LoC | 2 | 0 |

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## Timeline

| Week | Sprint | Focus |
|------|--------|-------|
| 1 | 15.1 + 15.2 start | Critical bugs, begin exception handling |
| 2 | 15.2 + 15.3 | Complete exception handling, test coverage |
| 3 | 15.3 + 15.4 | Complete test coverage, code quality |

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## Post-Phase

After Phase 4.5 completion:
- Deploy to staging environment
- Run load tests to verify fixes
- Proceed to Phase 5 (Platform Hardening)
